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VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
High Priority = bottom of the pile.
Just the same as someone putting "URGENT!" on a fax/email/letter.
I'll do it in my own time, thank you.
can you elaborate and rephrase your question?
your employer should have a greivance policy, and that will give you details of how to raise a complaint. the complaint will be investigated and dealt with appropriately
if your problem is simply because someone is marking emails as high priority, you would probably be best speaking to your line manager about it. they may take it further if required, or assure you that you are worrying unnecesarily
Well i'm between contracting and consulting and this tit is driving me mad because everything is high priority.
My line manager doesn't give a toss, and I'm worried that if I start ignoring them, I might get in trouble.
I wouldn't actually do dob someone in for it, I'm just curious as to if its against most copy + paste polocies people have!
(there must be some hexus massive that knwo this area well)
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oh right, i thought you meant he was sending high priority e-mails that were abusive
Vodka
This is kinda apt: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07...fh_episode_24/
Hexus estas unu el la plej bonaj teknikaj ejoj Mi havas vizititan!
I don't know of any official policy on urgent emails where I work and I've never encountered one at any of my previous employers. As far as I'm concerned it's always been a case of if it's marked urgent then you look at quickly but act on it according to the merits of whatever's contained. So if the work is actually urgent then I just reshuffle the rest of my priorities, if not it goes into the mix with everything else.
I guess if you're getting a lot like that it would start to get irritating. Are you actually being overloaded with genuinely urgent work, or is it just a few people playing silly buggers and trying to get in before everyone else?
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reply to him with HIGH PRIORITY reply
"Hi there.. I have just put the MD's job's on the back burner and will sort your issue out right now over the next few hours.
Process: To do this I've had to copy him in on all the High Priority emails that you've sent, so he'll prolly want to get some sign off on them, cheers
take care"
Hmm problem is he pulled the old "i'll resign if you don't let me manage the two consultants on this project".
the project is of course, sorting out the crock of **** systems he has 'architected'. So he is incentivised to not let us do our jobs!
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as you've raised the issue with your line manager and they aren't bothered, you've cleared yourself so you don't get into trouble. it's up to your manager to manage your performance, so if there was a performance issue or complaint, they would handle it, usually informally at first unless it was a serious issue. thus if it was problem, your manager can't complain to you as you asked first what to do. if it did become a problem and your manager was involved, then it would be up to your manager to tell you what to do with those emails, whether you should treat them all as priority or not
in the meantime, treat them as you see fit in the grand scheme of your other workload. i would avoid telling the sender, even informally (as it can come back to haunt you - once i informally told someone that what a manager sent out was a "load of rubbish", being unusually polite, as i'd normally have used several swear words, and that got back to them and they complained to my manager. fortunately what they had sent out was rubbish and i had proof, but the point was that you can't say certain innapropriate things)
i wouldn't worry about it too much if i was you, you are in the clear. you could perhaps email her and say that all her emails are marked urgent, is this in error, as you can't prioritise her emails as a result of her over use. don't ask her or tell her what to do, as that can cause you a problem, leave it up to her to figure it out
In the corporate world, if in doubt, adopt the basic CYA principle. Cover Your Ass.
Get guidance from whoever you report to, and do it in writing. Outline the concern, that it is interfering with the work, and abide by their answer.
This is in large part why I like working for myself.
because you get to write yourself lots of letters?
Vodka
jackvdbuk (16-02-2010),Lucio (16-02-2010),malfunction (16-02-2010)
I was about to say exactly the same... Though as it's Saracen we should probably say lots of long letters
^^ This.
Society's to blame,
Or possibly Atari.
Am I reading this right?
Are you seriously considering complaining about someone because his emails have a little red envelope icon rather than a little white envelope icon?
Why would you expect your line manager, HR or anyone else to give a toss?
If you're worried about getting into trouble if you ignore his emails, well, if it's your job to do the stuff that he asks for in his emails, then yes, ignoring them wouldn't be a good idea
If he has a project to compete and you are one of the resources allocated to him, then it's down to him and not you to decide what is or isn't high priority.
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